Insurance for alternative care
Be sure to check out the story on www.enzymeexperts.com about insurance companies and alternative care options. Today, it seems that several employers are trying to find new ways to decrease health insurance costs. In this election year, when health care is a top political issue, stories such as this show how consumers are responding to the costly and sometimes ineffective U.S. health care system.
One option is to include coverage for alternative health care from chiropractors, acupuncturists and other practitioners. Also, some plans are covering the costs of supplements, such as herbals and nutritional products. In addition, some plans could allow participants to purchase supplements with money from health savings accounts.
This is great news for people who have already found relief from chronic or bothersome conditions through alternative practitioners and supplements. And for those that haven’t looked beyond traditional medicine, this could open their lives and minds to highly effective alternative care. It would be wise to ask employers about these options, as that will send a message to insurance companies that alternative health care could be one step toward healing what ails U.S. medicine. According to smartmoney.com, about 75 percent of U.S. adults have tried some sort of alternative care.
We can also encourage our local, state and national representatives to consider the benefits of alternative health care. At the very least, it would be nice to hear more discussion about the options as legislators and presidential candidates offer their solutions for the country’s medical woes. As the rates of diabetes, obesity and other chronic conditions keep climbing, we have to make it clear that alternative medicine might not only decrease the costs of health care coverage, but might also help create a more healthful society.
Check out the SmartMoney story here, as it also offers some excellent suggestions we should all consider about alternative health care options in our insurance plans. For example, some plans might only offer discounts, and some might not accept claims for myriad reasons. Also, it’s a good idea to use caution when choosing a practitioner for alternative care. Of course, we strongly recommend BioSET™ certified practitioners, as well as those that offer the BioSET,™ Advanced Formula™ and NESS™ lines of nutritional supplements.
January 17th, 2008 at 2:46 pm
Boy, I wish I was seeing this trend first-hand. I work for a very big company and we don’t have any options for getting alternate health treatments covered other than using our pre-tax $ savings account for them. But in general our insurance coverage means you will spend MUCH MUCH less money going with a traditional MD’s perscriptions instead of following a nutritionists (or other alternative health care provider) advice.
I hope the reported trend really exists and continues.
August 2nd, 2008 at 9:12 pm
I hope there is a trend in this direction, unfortunately, I do not have much hope of it when the pharma companies control most of the politicians, dont expect anything more than nanny nation politics and laws that favor the big pharma industry.